Assault weapons belong only in war zones

Dr. David Lauter, a Doctors Without Borders surgeon who is operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, writes in the group's 2013 newsletter of a patient who had been shot with an assault rifle, leaving a 2-inch-diameter hole through his mid-upper arm: "I could see straight through to the other side. ? It is indisputable that bigger guns make bigger holes."

"Civilian" assault rifles discharge one bullet each time and as fast as the trigger can be pulled. Following the Newtown massacre of children, 80 percent of Americans realize assault rifles belong only in war zones. Yet, Congress refuses to enact sensible gun regulation. Please remember this in the 2014 congressional elections.